Ask why the Kardashians are famous, and you might be told that they’re famous for being famous. In reality (ha, a ...
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The Viking Irish Wolfhound
In the movie, his name was “Rekkae,” and if you scroll down to the video clip, you’ll spot the dog wit...
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Royals and Those Darn Laws
We suppose it was the ancient version of today’s “sin tax,” but Sumptuary Laws from previous times see...
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The Saluki: Desert Breed, ROO, or COO?
A serious interest in the Saluki will inevitably expose one to the words, “Desert bred,” “ROO,” ...
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Attached with a Gold Chain
She was the Bible’s bad girl, one of histories earliest Femme Fatales. She couldn’t be compared with the B...
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Museau Normal
Smooth faced Pyrenean Shepherds have always existed in the Pyrenees Mountains, but since the 1920s, the breed has been a...
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Bouvier des Roulers
Last year, we posted about the “other” Bouvier, the Bouvier des Ardennes, and wrote with regret that of the ...
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Frog, Froggie, Frog Faced and Frog Legged
Some say we live in an age of suffocating political correctness. Others say our sensibilities have simply matured. Eithe...
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A Cat Named Dog
A few weeks ago, the voice of someone who sang about a cat named dog was forever stilled Perhaps you remember her song...
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Deerhounds in Harry Potter
Some people think that Sirius Black was the focal point of the movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but as ...
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Not Like Any Other Sighthound
It’s an Afghan Hound thing. The topline of these hounds is not like the topline of other breeds, and not even like...
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The White Collie
As a dog owner, President Lyndon Johnson was best known for his Beagles, “Him” and “Her,” but he...
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Bhrocaire!
A caveat: We’re not Irish and we don’t speak Gaelic, so on this topic, we defer to those who do, and welcome...
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“Vaste, Huge, Stubborne, Ougly and Eager”
“For a good Mastive dogge, a case of bottles replenished with the best lickour, and pray proceur mee two good bull...
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“There’s No Place like Home”
“There’s no place like home,” but the remains of the most famous Cairn Terrier actor didn’t have...
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Bierboxer?
Boxer owners report that their dogs really do stand on their hind legs and bat with their front paws while playing. ...
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When “Dobie Markings” Aren’t on a Dobie
The AKC breed standard for the Shih Tzu states that insofar as color and markings go, “All are permissible and to ...
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Napoleon, the Wonder Dog
The announcement usually went like this: “By permission of his Grace the Duke of Wellington…” And thus, Mr...
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The Evolution of Cur – and Curs Today
With the passing of Jim Lehrer, a longtime PBS News anchor and moderator of a dozen presidential debates, we were remind...
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The Country of Draft Dogs Own Dog
Given that in the year 1900, Belgium had more than 150,000 draft dogs (this, according to Guillaume de Lavigne), it̵...
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